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Personal data

• Name RAWSTHORNE
• Initials W
• First name WALTER
• Place of birth Oldham
• Country Lancashire
• Last residence 94 London Rd, Oldham
• Family Eldest son of Joseph Henry and Nanny Rawsthorne, of 94, London Rd., Oldham.
• Profession Piecer at the Woodstock Mill

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Royton, 18 May 1915
• Service number 24090
• Rank Gunner
• Regiment and unit 38th Brigade Royal Field Artillery 72nd Bty.

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds on legs, multiple on feet and thighs in n° 3 Can CCS
• Date of death 15 October 1917
• Died at the age of 22
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - F - 8A

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